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Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Oh Spring? Bring it on!

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We've spent the last few days whipping up our spring offerings. Normally, we'd wait a few more weeks, but the wholesale customers w...
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Wednesday, February 17, 2010

She's got the snow-covered herbie blues...

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There is barely a wisp of color outside. The occasional streak of red as a cardinal perches forlornly on the nearby fir tree is shocking in ...
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Saturday, February 13, 2010

The Essential Herbal - Mar/Apr '10

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The next issue is in the mail, and it is filled with wonderful stuff! So many great ideas to help us all start thinking ahead to the sunny,...
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Friday, February 12, 2010

Banana Nut Bread

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The bananas on the counter took a turn for the worse a couple of days ago, along with a golden delicious apple that had taken on a rather wr...
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Thursday, February 11, 2010

Sometimes, I'm just a warning for others.

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Yesterday started out as another peaceful, snowbound day. We were well in to 3 feet of pristine snow, with more falling, and winds picking u...
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Saturday, February 06, 2010

Snowbound

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Nothing says, "pause and reflect" like 20 or more inches of fresh snow. Every door of the house is blocked by snow, and I'm ...
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Sunday, January 31, 2010

Bathing with Herbs

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Bathing with Herbs Jan/Feb '08 issue, The Essential Herbal Now that the hectic holiday season is past, we have time to pamper ourselve...
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Monday, January 25, 2010

Nervines

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Another guest column today. This came from David Brill of The Rosemary House : Education and information has always been one of the cornerst...
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Friday, January 22, 2010

Old Farmer's Advice

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The following wisdom came in an email from a friend several years ago, and was included in the May/June '05 issue of The Essential Herba...
Sunday, January 17, 2010

Musings on Candlemas, Bees, & Honey

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Musings on Candlemas, Bees, & Honey By Betsy May from the Jan/Feb 09 issue of The Essential Herbal With the arrival of February comes a...
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Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Rose Beads

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Susanna Reppert from The Rosemary House is doing a series on her blog about botanical beads and asked me if I had an entry about Rose Beads....
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Friday, January 08, 2010

Got Stress?

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It seems odd to think that the time just following the holidays can be difficult, but there's that let-down, along with the fact that it...
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Tuesday, January 05, 2010

January prize

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The winner(s) packages from December have all been mailed out, so on to January... All orders placed during the month of January will be ent...
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The many ways of herbalism

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There are a lot of different kinds of herbalists out there. Some people weigh and measure everything, following precise recipes. Some work...
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Sunday, January 03, 2010

Back in the Herbal Groove

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Whew - the holidays are over here at The Essential Herbal, and it's time to get back to the normal day-to-day stuff. There are the littl...
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Friday, January 01, 2010

And the winner is.....

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For the pendant: Jo Anne F. Since I had a beautiful bowl filled with folded slips of paper, I continued, drawing 5 more names to receive a b...
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Sunday, December 27, 2009

The Handfasting

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A few months ago, dear friends asked my sister and me to prepare a handfasting for them. They would be having a church wedding as well. The ...
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Thursday, December 24, 2009

Internets, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways...

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Every so often it hits me that the young'uns around here don't remember the days before the internet. That just floors me. My daug...
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Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Perhaps December should be renamed Zippy

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I am well aware of the fact that time passes much more quickly as we age. At 4, I can recall wanting to go to school so badly, and the wai...
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Sunday, December 13, 2009

Random Thoughts on a Rainy Day...

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#1 - It is important to pay attention when removing a pizza from the oven. On the other hand, when the business side of said pizza smacks a...
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